12.96.070 Service And Contents of Notice to Maintain After Installation
   A.   Notice to repair or maintain landscaping and appurtenant areas may be given by delivering a written notice personally to the owner of the property or to the person in possession of the property facing upon the City rights-of-way to be maintained or by mailing a written notice to the owner of the property thereof at his last known address as appears on the tax assessment rolls of the County. Immediately upon mailing the notice, the property shall be posted in a conspicuous place.
   B.   The notice shall particularly specify what work is required to be done, where standard landscape maintenance requirements may be obtained showing how it is to be done and what materials and plants shall be used in the maintenance improvements and shall further specify that if the maintenance is not commenced within thirty (30) days after notice is given and diligently and without interruption prosecuted to completion, the Director of Development Services shall cause the maintenance to be done, and the cost of same shall be billed to the property owner. Failure to pay invoices for landscape maintenance within thirty (30) days shall result in a lien on the property.
   C.   The notice shall specify the day, hour and place when the Mayor and Common Council will hear objections or protests, if any, which may be raised by any property owner or other interested persons, but in no case shall such hearing be sooner than ten (10) days after giving notice. Upon the day and hour fixed for the hearing, the Mayor and Common Council shall hear and pass upon objections or protests and their decision shall be final and conclusive.
   D.   If the required maintenance improvements are not commenced and prosecuted to completion with due diligence as required by the notice, the Director of Development Services shall forthwith make the required improvements.
(Ord. MC-1027, 9-09-98; Ord. MC-786, 5-21-91)